Almost two months after the devastating explosion in Beirut's port, the creative community is continuing to band together to support the Lebanese capital city. A charity auction has sprung out of Los Angeles and Beirut, organized by the Franco-Lebanese film-maker Sabine El Gemayel d’Herbécourt and the Beirut-based communications consultant Mira Hawa, which includes work by 45 artists mostly from the two cities. All the funds raised from the Artists with Beirut sale will go directly to the Beirut Emergency Fund 2020 to be administered to non-profit, non-governmental organizations in Lebanon.
Palestinian art is travelling far beyond the places where it was created. From Ramallah to Dubai, and onward to collectors across Europe, the United States and beyond, a new generation of Palestinian artists is finding an increasingly international audience — while continuing to negotiate questions of memory, identity, displacement and belonging.